Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On December 8, 2016 11:46:43 PM GMT+01:00, Alan McKinnon wrote: >On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On December 8, 2016 9:41:10 PM GMT+01:00, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >> > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On Friday, 09. Dec 2016, 00:46:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Well, I went about updating my system again. (day 6)

Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Shutting down X11 doesn't appear to be equivalent to a reboot on my > desktop. > If I shut down X11, my uptime still keeps accumulating. > > I'm way overdue for a reboot to switch to a newer kernel. It's been 83 days > since my last reboot. I've built a couple of new ker

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On 08/12/2016 22:41, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >>> On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > arrgh! I just want

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Well, I went about updating my system again. (day 6)

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 06:42:21PM -0500, Alan Grimes wrote: > -> Updating weekly, as I used to do is a Good Idea, Agreed. Sounds like a good idea. I update anywhere from daily to a few times a week. Every once in a while I loose track of the time and go a week or so between updates. A "long

Re: [gentoo-user] Brother Printer

Hi Silvio, On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 15:08:34 +0100, siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: > when I want use a Brother Printer (MFC 7320) it's need multilib? How can > I fix this? I have a Brother MFC 7420. Yet, it's not connected to my Gentoo but to a FreeBSD box. There, I completely ignored the recomm

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 17:35:59 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > >>> Virtua

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx

Other thing to keep in mind is if you recently installed/updated virtbox is to reboot your host to make sure the host drivers have installed correctly, and make sure your kernel for the guest have the correct modules built. On Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 12:10 Harry Putnam wrote: > Harry Putnam writes: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Brother Printer

On 2016-12-08 6:08 AM, siefke_lis...@web.de wrote: Hello, when I want use a Brother Printer (MFC 7320) it's need multilib? How can I fix this? siefke@sisibox ~ $ eselect profile list Available profile symlink targets: ... [11] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib * --- At moment I use no-m

[gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx

Harry Putnam writes: [...] >> The only thing I can think of left to check is >> emerge @x11-module-rebuild >> and see what it will install > > > [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.18.4:0/1.18.4::gentoo USE="doc > glamor suid udev xorg -dmx -ipv6 -kdrive -libressl -minimal (-selinux) > -static-li

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On Thursday 08 Dec 2016 17:35:59 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > >>> Virtualbox on Ge

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

J. Roeleveld schrieb: > > Virtualbox for a server? > I only use it for a quick test on my laptop. On the server, I use more > reliable and robust virtualisation software. For quick tests, I'm using VirtualBox on my desktop (Windows) PC in the meantime - runs fast and reliably. But in the past, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On 08/12/2016 14:36, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: >>> arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for >>> Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials >>> for Gentoo in a

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On 12/07/2016 11:01:16 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: Hi, arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. The Gentoo Wiki article's "Usage" paragraph does not contain any usable information. Does anybody

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On Thu 2016-12-08 01:36 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > The official documentation > > says: > > On a Linux or Solaris host, depending on your desktop > environment, a "VirtualBox" item may have been placed in > either the "System" or "Syst

[gentoo-user] Brother Printer

Hello, when I want use a Brother Printer (MFC 7320) it's need multilib? How can I fix this? siefke@sisibox ~ $ eselect profile list Available profile symlink targets: ... [11] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib * --- At moment I use no-multilib but what must do for use multilib with a Bro

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On Thursday, December 08, 2016 01:07:24 PM Matthias Hanft wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Are your vbox modules loaded correctly? > > I think they were. Will carefully check next time (cannot do now, > it's a 24/7 server where I have few time slots for maintenance > and cannot risk kernel panic d

[gentoo-user] Re: newish vbox gentoo guest crashes from startx

Alan McKinnon writes: > On 08/12/2016 02:26, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Alan McKinnon writes: >> [...] Theoretically the install should be ready now to run X and lxde. However, when I run `startlxde' nothing whatsoever happens. At least not at the command line or visibly. Prompt

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On Thursday, 08. Dec 2016, 00:21:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/12/2016 00:01, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > arrgh! I just want to find a quick-start tutorial for > > Virtualbox on Gentoo, but Google shows up loads of tutorials > > for Gentoo in a Virtualbox. > > I have vbox on Gentoo here (m

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Are your vbox modules loaded correctly? I think they were. Will carefully check next time (cannot do now, it's a 24/7 server where I have few time slots for maintenance and cannot risk kernel panic during daytime). I do have some VirtualBoxes running on other Gentoo machi

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

On December 8, 2016 9:20:23 AM GMT+01:00, Matthias Hanft wrote: >Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to answer? > >*I* do have a specific question: What have I forgotten to compile into >the kernel when there is an immediate "kernel panic" as soon as

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualbox documentation

Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Do you have specific questions that you want a tutorial to answer? *I* do have a specific question: What have I forgotten to compile into the kernel when there is an immediate "kernel panic" as soon as I try to start a VirtualBox VM? -Matt